Seeing a dead kangaroo by the highway near her house in southern Australia was nothing new for Leonie Allan and her dog Rex, who were out for a walk on Easter morning.

But back home in their yard in Bells Beach, near Torquay, Rex kept pointing toward where they had seen the roadkill -- he is a pointer after all -- and eventually took off in that direction.

He came back a few minutes later and dropped a live baby kangaroo at Allan's feet -- a 4 1/2-month-old "joey" he had apparently gone back and rescued from the pouch of its dead mother, according to the Melbourne Herald-Sun.

The 10-year-old dog - a cross between German shorthaired and wirehaired pointers -- had been so gentle with the baby 'roo that it was calm, unmarked, and continued to jump up and snuggle with the dog once he put it down.

The kangaroo, to be named Rex Jr., is now being cared for at Jirrahlinga Wildlife Sanctuary, where he will be raised and later released into the wild.

Sanctuary Director Tehree Gordon said Rex was proof dogs and wildlife could live in harmony: "It's a lesson that dogs can be raised to be familiar and compatible with wildlife, you just have to teach them right from wrong."

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